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Synonyms: Number Six, Number 6, No. Six

Japanese: NO.6［ナンバー・シックス］

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Type: TV

Episodes: 11

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 8, 2011 to Sep 16, 2011

Premiered: Summer 2011

Broadcast: Fridays at 01:15 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex, Dentsu, Kodansha, Fuji TV

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: Bones

Source: Novel

Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.56¹ (scored by 203,111 users)

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Ranked: #1563²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #507

Members: 429,407

Favorites: 7,372

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Synopsis

Many years ago, after the end of a bloody world war, mankind took shelter in six city-states that were peaceful and perfect... at least on the surface. However, Shion—an elite resident of the city-state No. 6—gained a new perspective on the world he lives in, thanks to a chance encounter with a mysterious boy, Nezumi. Nezumi turned out to be just one of many who lived in the desolate wasteland beyond the walls of the supposed utopia. But despite knowing that the other boy was a fugitive, Shion decided to take him in for the night and protect him, which resulted in drastic consequences: because of his actions, Shion and his mother lost their status as elites and were relocated elsewhere, and the darker side of the city began to make itself known.

Now, a long time after their life-altering first meeting, Shion and Nezumi are finally brought together once again—the former elite and the boy on the run are about to embark on an adventure that will, in time, reveal the shattering secrets of No. 6.

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Background

No. 6 condenses but largely remains faithful to the the original nine-part light novel series. Changes were made to tone down the amount of violence in the series, in addition to creating an alternate ending.

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No.6, No.6

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Characters & Voice Actors

Nezumi

Main

Hosoya, Yoshimasa
Japanese

Shion

Main

Kaji, Yuuki
Japanese

Inukashi

Supporting

Shindou, Kei
Japanese

Safu

Supporting

Yasuno, Kiyono
Japanese

Karan

Supporting

Sakuma, Rei
Japanese

Safu's Grandmother

Supporting

Shouji, Miyoko
Japanese

Lili

Supporting

Morohoshi, Sumire
Japanese

Youming

Supporting

Miki, Shinichiro
Japanese

Rikiga

Supporting

Terasoma, Masaki
Japanese

Old Man

Supporting

Arimoto, Kinryuu
Japanese

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Katsumata, Hideo

Producer

Yonai, Noritomo

Producer

Takeeda, Yoshinori

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Matsushita, Takuya

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Opening Theme

"Spell" by LAMA

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Ending Theme

"Rokutousei no Yoru (六等星の夜)" by Aimer

Reviews

Sep 24, 2011

rachel-chanx3

Recommended

No.6 is a captivating anime and I can honestly say that after having just watched it twice through. But then again, everyone has different tastes and this just may not be your cup of tea. Even so, it couldn’t hurt to try a sip, could it?

NOTE: For my sake, I’m writing Nezumi, as Nezumi, and not “Rat” like in the subs, and Shion instead of Sion, like the MAL character page.

Story – 8/10. No.6 is a utopia, there is no poverty, there are no conflicts, there are no problems. You will live happily and peacefully within these safe walls, and you will wear this ...

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Oct 31, 2011

Hazegurl

Mixed Feelings

Had so much potential but was wasted. When I saw the first episode I fell in love with the characters and became very interested in the story. I was so glad this wasn't one of those animes where you had to watch up until episode 4 or 5 before something good happens. It started right out with some action and character development.

Watching the next batch of episodes had me hooked because there was so many things going on with Shion and Nezumi, both apart and together, plus the background of No. 6 and how it got the way it is. The horrible acts committed by ... them et al. I thought I was in for a good treat. And on top of it all, the two male characters were falling in love, not just some boy love teasers some animes throw out to bait Yaoi fans into watching. I've always wanted to watch an action anime where the male leads fall for each other but it isn't a drama or romance show. Mirage of Blaze is the only other anime I can think of that was action and yaoi. So I was on cloud nine.

However, somewhere along the way the show lost focus and had no idea what it was going to do with the characters or the No.6 city itself. It begins to trip and falter and just does not know how to pick itself up. The characters essentially become cardboard cut outs and just placed in scenes and seem to not really do anything.

For example, Shion and Nezumi seem to have conflict about their viewpoints on how No. 6 should be handled with people dying. Nezumi wishes to destroy the city while Shion wants to save the people. Yet neither character does anything about it. Then the writers tried to focus on the female character (I forgot her name) the girl who was in love with Shion. But they have no idea what to even do with her by this point, it's just her walking around thinking about Shion, then when she decides to do something she gets taken.

So I'm thinking, fine, I guess this will cause Shion to act and maybe cause some tension between he and Nezumi. And they do act by going to save her. Meanwhile, the story takes a whole new focus on these forest people and alluding to the girl and Nezumi having a connection. But this goes NO WHERE!

The connection between Shion's mother being one of the creators of No.6 goes NO WHERE
The Radical group who wants to take down No. 6 from the inside, goes NO WHERE
Finding out why or how No.6 turned out the way it did, goes NO WHERE

I tried to figure out what was happening here with this show that started out so good and the only thing I got is that the show lacked a human villain. When you have a city or institution as the villain, having a personification of the city would help. After all who is behind the city? Who is the one giving the orders for these terrible acts to take place? Sure Nezumi and Shion are fighting against the city, but who is the one they have to beat? Who does the radical group have to go after to free themselves of No.6?

No one??

So yeah, the writers try to solve this glaring issue by making the girl who loves Shion into a magical forest goddess that they have to beat. *eye roll*
Then at the ending when everything seems so bleak the girl transforms into a large magical bee and destroys the city walls with bee tornado for Shion because having him do it himself would take more episodes than they were willing to write. She also grants instant life with her LGBT rainbow powers then float away with her magical bees.

Yes an action Scifi post apocalyptic anime transforms into a fantasy magical anime at the end.
*headache*

By this time I am just watching for Shion and Nezumi's love story. But I'm given NOTHING but a second kiss on the lips and the characters deciding to part ways for unexplained reasons. Honestly, I would had been better off just watching the first episode and just using my own imagination to come up with what happens.

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Mar 29, 2018

Aspection

Not Recommended

A quick PSA: This show is incredibly promising, so don't watch it. The Utopia theme, characters, and motivation were very well established. But it went off track and died, real fast. This show took on more than it could chew and ended up destroying itself.

The pacing works for the start of the show, but at the half-point it feels as the studio realized "Crap, we are out of time" and shoved a dozen of undeveloped, and sometimes even un-introduced concepts, for the rest of the show's duration. It dished out way too many side-plots & characters but didn't provide any meaning to them, let ...

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